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Joseph Smith Used Magic to Translate Book of Mormon

“That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive”. Ephesians 4:14

The April 2020 Liahona carried an enlightening article on how Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon.

It seems as if they threw caution to the wind, but held fast to the claim it was done through the ‘power of God’.

Here in part is what they said –

‘…translation instruments included the “interpreters” or “Urim and Thummim”—two clear stones fastened in a metal rim so that Joseph could look through them…Another instrument…was a “seer stone” that he would look into, often by placing it in a hat.’

Now interestingly enough, I also received an e-mail yesterday from ‘Today in Church History’ with a story about Smith’s experience using his ‘seer stone’.

“The SUSQUEHANNA JOURNAL (PA) reprints the money-digging agreement of Nov. 1, 1825, signed by Joseph Smith Jr., his father, and seven other men including Josiah Stowell and Isaac Hale, Joseph’s future father-in-law: “We, the undersigned, do firmly agree, & by these presents bind ourselves, to fulfill and abide by the hereafter specified articles: Firs-That if anything of value should be obtained at a certain place in Pennsylvania near a Wm Hale’s, supposed to be a valuable mine of either Gold or Silver and also to contain coined money and bars or ingots of Gold or Silver, and at wich several hands have been at work during a considerable part of the past summer, we do agree to have it divided in the following manner, viz.: Josiah Stowell, Calvin Stowell and Wm. Hale to take two-thirds, and Charles Newton, Wm. I. Wiley, and the Widow Harper to take the other third. And we further agree that Joseph Smith, Sen. and Joseph Smith, Jr. shall be considered as having two shares, two elevenths of all the property that may be obtained, the shares to be taken equally from each third. . . .” See On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com for more info.

Smith’s work was indeed inspired, but not from the Holy God of the Bible. Their track record is a graphic reminder of how they’ve made a business of lying in wait to deceive just as Paul warned people about 2,000 yrs ago.

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The Lord warned us many years ago in the Old Testament about people like Joe Smith. God is serious about the evils of magicians, sorcererrs, followers of the supernaturual. In Exoduc 22:18, He even says that “We should not allow sorcerers to live.” He speaks to us in Leviticus 19,20, Isaiah 8 and 43 about the dangers of withcraft or magic.
Remmeber in Exodus 7-9, the sorcerers working for Pharoah?. They were able to do many of the feats God empowered Moses to do with his staff. In other words, the sorcerers had magical powers, but not from God..
In many Bible passages, we are told to avoid people like Joe Smith. Yet, rather than listen to God, many men have chosen to listen to Pharoah (Joseph Smith), instead

Joe Smith had a long histroy of believing in magical things. Even before his alleged first vision. Joe was fascinated with treasue hunting, searching for water with a diving rod, crystal balls, tarot cards etc. The people that became violent toward him might have perhaps felt that they were in the presence of darkness via supernatural occurences, especially when Joe began talking about his visions and his use of his peep stones. In 1 Corinthians 5:11-13, the Lord tells us to expel people like Joe Smith from our presense. The people running Joe and his followers out of town were simply doing what they thought God wanted them to do. I don’t believe in the violent approach that some folks chose to get their message across to Joe, but sometimes ,you have to do what you have to do, in order to get your message across.